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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Grannypotts:
I was tired of hearing all the threads regarding how poor the quality of pictures are when taken with a Galaxy Nexus. I was also tired of the constant arguments about how the lighting wasn’t set correctly, or how I should be using a tripod, or how etc, etc, etc… Face it, if I was going to go through any of those motions to take a picture, I wouldn’t be reaching for my cell phone

So in the spirit of this, I took pictures of three simple items I had laying around my desk with both an iPhone 4s and a (CDMA) Galaxy Nexus. Both phones were set to complete auto and taken within seconds of each other to ensure identical lighting conditions. Once the pictures were taken, they were immediately downloaded. No further editing on either camera beforehand was performed.

The results:

Test #1 – “Moosejaw”

Hard to spot any differences. Sure, when zoomed in you can see the differences based on pixel density, but at 30,000 feet… it’s all the same to me.

Test #2 – “Ehpple”

Now we’re starting to see some slight differences. However, it wasn’t what I expected. To me (and I’m no expert), the top picture has a brighter feel to it, but also seems a bit washed out. The bottom picture, while a little darker, seems to be slightly sharper and more in focus.

Test #3 – “Hometown Pride”

This is an interesting comparison. My initial reaction was: “Woah, check out the first picture… the color is WAAAY off. The second picture is much more accurate!” However, if I hold the actual pop can up to the computer monitor and compare which picture is more accurate, the top picture’s color is spot-on while the bottom picture has a deeper “red” to it compared to the can in real life. BTW, I have passed all my tests for color blindness… really!

To me, the bottom picture looks more appealing… but the top picture is more accurate. Crazy!

In conclusion, I don’t see enough of a difference to warrant all the hate towards the Galaxy Nexus and it’s camera. One camera appears to make more "appealing" pictures while the other seems to better capture the "raw" aspect of the image.

If I want to capture a “moment”, the Nexus camera will work just fine for me. If I need to capture an “image”, I’ll leave both phones on the table and grab the Rebel instead. If I need to be acknowledged by anyone waiting for the 5:30PM ferry from the city back to Larkspur, I'll grab the... ;)

P.S. I did not identify which pictures were from the iPhone and which were from the GN on purpose. This was done to avoid a placebo effect for either phone. However, if you really want to know, check the file names and reverse engineer it from there.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Terrigno:
Great comparison. But which picture is from which phone? lol

Edit: Ok I read your last comment. Im having a hard time figureing that out with Jake and Andy.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] danzini:
top = GN

bottom = iPhone
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tadddd:
Haha yeah, Jake has to be code for the iPhone though (Jake the Snake).

And Andy? obviously for Android...

=P
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Aridon:
Did you get those Nexus pics on the first snap? How many did it take with each to get them?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sarg92:
The camera on the Galaxy Nexus is perfectly capable of taking great pictures and in my opinion it always does but I think what makes people write the camera off is the colour reproduction. The iPhone 4S and Galaxy SII seem to take pictures with colours that just 'pop' whereas the colours on the Nexus are duller and washed out. The vibrant pictures from an iPhone 4S or a Galaxy SII may look better visually but as mentioned by the OP, the colours are not accurate whereas pictures from the Nexus aren't very vibrant but they are accurate in terms of colour.

So people just want a camera that produces pictures that makes objects look better than they're supposed to! But you can easily use the photo editing features on the Galaxy Nexus to make the pictures similar to an iPhone 4S or Galaxy SII or maybe Google could release an update that makes photos seem more vibrant and saturated.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] inktownlegend:
Faygo "rock and rye" ftw. Now I gotta go to the store because you got me craving some.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pharpe:
Top one looks better on the first two and the bottom looks better on the third. I'd say it's a wash.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Valynor:
For those who want to get the most out of their camera it would be a good idea to make pictures made in artificial lighting (like flash) with the white balance set manually. Experiment and find which setting gives you the most realistic result.

The "mood differences" in the pictures posted by the OP are mostly because the cameras chose different white balancing modes.

Auto-white balance (AWB) is wrong often, especially in artificial lightning, even in DSLRs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Grannypotts:
Top picture was actually the iPhone in the first two pictures, and then i switched them around for the last picture.

I like the theory on the naming convention, much more exciting than the fact that i'm Andy, and my coworker (with the iPhone) is named Jake.

I totally agree with the white balancing issue, but i tried to make this a 'lowest common denominator' style of test, i.e. everything set to auto. I guess it's fair to say that the iPhone did a better job of light balancing... this one time, under these specific conditions.

Im glad someone else got the Faygo reference. However, now that i'm not in the office, it's time for a niceSanders chocolate stout from the Detroit Brewing Company for me. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Grannypotts:
First snap for all pictures with both phones.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deezid:
The iPhone 4S camera looks amazing even in dim light!

Thanks for the comparison :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] T4rd:
Nice post, OP. I think you should have taken pics in different settings though because I think the SGN does considerably better at taking close-up shots than scenery/landscape shots or lower light indoor shots (with and without flash) You should do the same thing in those conditions to see the differences. I have the SGN and plan on getting the wife a 4S sometime soon (her OG Droid is barely working for her nowadays). So I planned on doing these types of comparisons when she got her phone too :).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] vapotrini:
I'm sorry to say but I'm not seeing the major difference between these shots. Why are people saying this camera is so much crap when evidence like this shows otherwise? Maybe these indoor shots play to the GN's strength, but from the outdoor shots I've seen they're all marginally close.

Sure the iphone4/S & SGS2 may be better in every regard, but surely not enough for all the crying we're seeing on here?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Grannypotts:
Exactly my point.

Imagine comparing the two phones as automobiles (sorry, I live and work in Detroit... it's a habit).

The iPhone is the Ford Focus and Galaxy Nexus is the Chevy Cruz. One might be slightly faster in a straight line while the other would get better fuel economy, but the differences are so subtle that 99% of the users won't notice them. They are both cars (cameras) for the masses.

Lately, it seems like one camera is being called the Ferrari F430 and comparing it to a 1983 4-cylinder 4x4 Ford Ranger (I drove one all through college, trust me; it's a right ****ty vehicle!)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jhuynh:
Can you do a side by side testing the flash on both cameras? My GN seems to take pictures with a yellowish tint. Its mostly noticeable on Asian people's skin which turns out looking sickeningly yellow.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fambot:
I bought my wife the 4S when it came out and I got the Nexus when it came out (from my droidX)...I agree its not that big of a difference..mostly just more natural colors that can be spruced up if thats your thing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GrenW:
Bottom picyure looks better in all 3 cases. Nice to see the GN can hold its own in the camera stakes. Another 'negative' ticked off my list of reasons not to get one in a couple of weeks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fambot:
once I get 8 posts it will let me post photobucket photos from my nexus and that should change a lot of minds as well....must make 8 useless posts...2 down ;-)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Newklearx3:
Anyone have it? Basically ready to pop in Eclipse. I'm trying to build something off of it but I can't find the source. If you guys have any tuts on how to build it from scratch or whatever help me out. Thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grimania:
ME tooo

Did you find anything??? im looking for ICS keyboard source too
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thunder-62:
Have a look at www,kandroid,org:/online-pdk/guide/keymaps_keyboard_input.html

(sorry I can't post the link directly due to newbe limitations)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tomer1:
After i install the new arctic 2.2 , the recovery changed back to (3e)...

By the way, there stil no rtl support
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] moghm:
Hello guys,

I have installed the above rom by Sandvold, rom is running well. I have intermediate technical skills but have been out of it for a bit. The rom is working well, no issues, but the rom thread mentions a lot about apps2sd, etc, and running scripts. My appps allocation is as follows, 99mb used and 49mb free. Should I be doing something to dalvik cache, running a script to allocate more space or ensuring everything is installed on the SD card. I am posting here becuase they dont like posts such as this in that thread. I would appreciate a small tutorial about this situation please i.e. what I shlould be doing after installing the rom so that i can get maximum space free on my phone.

many thanks in advance.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Goodwin_TJ:
After flashing the ROM reboot into RECOVERY and flash amarullz script.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MatDrOiD:
And make sure your SD card has a FAT32-partiton with rest available space and an EXT4-partition with at least 512 MB, better 1 - 2 GB. If you configure(d) your SD card with GParted, check that both partitions are primary.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CykelStyre:
I had the same problem as you do, and I found a script that made it work for me at least.

First off I wiped the whole phone clean, including the SD Card.

After that I formated the SD card like this (3965 MB card)

0 - 2909 fat32

2909 - 3933 ext4

3933 - 3965 linux-swap

How you do this is by going into the phone with ADB and do the following (Im using Windows7 so I used commandpromt):

Open commandprompt and type in "adb shell" (Assuming you have the requirments for this).

Once in you should se somethine like this "~ #" or "/ #". After this you type "parted /dev/block/mmcblk0"

This will give a prompt like this "<parted>", here you can type "print" and and see the exact size of your SDcard in MB and your current partitioning.

Decide how you want to partion your card (I used 1024 MB ext4 partion for my apps)

Remove your current partitions with "rm 1" where the 1 stand for the partition number. You should see thoose numbers when you type in "print"

When you removed all you can begin to create the new partitions by doing this:

mkpartfs primary fat32 0 2909

mkpartfs primary ext2 2909 3933 (You have to creat a ext2 partion first and then "upgrade it" to an ext4)

mkpartfs primary linux-swap 3933 3965

Type "print" again to make sure you have the correct sizes and all partitions you want, if you have then type "quit"

Now you have to "upgrade" the ext2 partition to an ext4. This you have to do in 2 steps.

First from ext2 to ext3. In the "/ #" promt type the following: "tune2fs -j /dev/block/mmcblk0p2" where the 2 is for partition number 2. After this you should have a ext3 partition instead of a ext2.

From ext3 to ext4 you do this:

"tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/block/mmcblk0p2"

"e2fsck -fpDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2"

Now when you have the partitions right you can move on to installing the ROM on the phone.

First you should download the old files that is in the bottom of this thread http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10692249&postcount=1299

Extract the zip folder and send over the "A2SDKillerV5.zip" and "Data2SDInstallerV5_aosp.zip" to your SDcard.

From recovery install the ROM. When it is done, move back to the menu and do not reboot. Instead install the "A2SDKillerV5.zip" and when that is done reboot the phone and make sure it boots correctly. Take the "on first start" guide but do not login to your google-account. And do now download any apps or even go into market. After this reboot into recovery mode again.

When back in recovery mode, install the "Data2SDInstallerV5_aosp.zip". When its done you can reboot and you should have ~1GB to install apps on (Or whatever size you choosed)

Hope this will help you as much as it did to me :)

Kind regards Cykelstyre
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zaphodbeeb:
Much easier to install 4ext recovery.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flying Scotsman:
I know I probably shouldn't be doing this but: When I was running a Gingerbread Rom the stock player found my music on my SD card. When moving to this rom, it refuses to find ANY music in the card. Downloaded some third party players like Poweramp etc and still it refuses to find my music. Don't know what to do now :( (Trivial I know but I really want to play around with the ICS rom but I do listen to music a lot so it's a hinderence that it doesn't work)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mick7575:
Is that with the latest one, 3.4?

I had the same problem with 3.3, but its ok with 3.4. I have my music back.

When going from 3.3 to 3.4 I cleaned the folders on my sdcard. I dont know if that helped, maybe worth a try though. Heres what I did

Mount usb in recovery, deleting all folders except the ones I wanted to keep, ie music, pictures, titanium backup etc

Full wipe

Install rom

My music came back
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lothaen:
I thought that ROM had A2SD built in and you just needed to run an adb command to enable it?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rustykwak:
I've flashed this ROM & followed the instruction in running the script in the command prompt rebooted all's well here! :)
[General Questions and Answers] zander145:
So I've narrowed my choices down to the Sensation 4G, SGS2, And G2X.

I was a EVO 4G, and EVO 3D owner from sprint, thats why the Sensation is up their. As a tech guy, not having a phone is killing me on the inside. I REALLY like the SGS2 with its huge and vibrant screen. But the G2x is MUCH cheaper (I'm a student and I have really no credit, I have to pay $200 deposit w/ any contract) and the G2x specs don't look too bad, no 4G though ): I tested the 4G in my area at the local store and got ~22mb/s at the store on the demo phone... Could probably get even better... I can wait until next week for the extra $$$ to get the SGS2 (I do have enough for it now, but not for everything else and diving into my savings is a big no-no for me). Whats the cyanogen community like for these 2 phones? I WILL be putting it on either phone... I know CES is in a few days, but its not like a Tegra 3 phone will be coming out anytime soon. The Tmobile SGS2 has the snapdragon S3 CPU/GPU, the G2x is Tegra 2 while the Sensation is the S2? If anybody has owned any of these phones and can tell me about using them, that would be great. I need the pro's and cons and cons and the hidden problems.
[General Questions and Answers] shane1diamond:
I have the G2x which i absolutely love!! No Problems whatsoever, lots of development too. However if I had a choice i would probably get the SGS2. Just because It looks Awesome! i see/feel no big difference in perfomance personally when i played with it in the store, but that again was only in the store. As im sure youve read, there are a few G2x's out there that have there issues, screen bleed (minor) Reboots (sucks), etc. I was blessed to have one with zero issues, ive heard that the update that now rolls out stock out of the box has fixed the issues. either way, the G2x is rock solid for me ive owned it since June, and have put everything from CM7, EB, Weapon and everything in between, I really love how Weapon G2x is and use it as my daily.
[General Questions and Answers] mike21pr:
I would say Sensation. Build quality, more development, and QHD screen

It has the same CPU as the SGS2 BTW (S3) It has better support for Cyanogenmod also

If the tmo SGS2 had a Exynos cpu, I would have chosen it.
[General Questions and Answers] lowandbehold:
Don't listen to the bias fanboy...get the SGSII. Read the official review on androidcentral...they notice no difference between the international SGSII and the T-mobile version. Oh wait..they did notice the bigger more beatiful screen!
[General Questions and Answers] zander145:
Don't forget the faster processor ._. Snapdragon S3>Tegra 2*IMO

Unless you see something I do not, just looked at the sensation forum at cyanogenmod forum, and there isn't even an Alpha for cm7 officially out for it...

Although the T989 isn't even officially supported at all either....
[General Questions and Answers] €ric:
I got sensation cause of quality. Too plastic with samsung for me but both are great phones. Go to a store and try them out. If you only wanna go for hardware go for sgs2.
[General Questions and Answers] ihellion:
I just switched from a HTC Nexus running CM7 nightlies, to a T-Mobile SGS2 on Friday. Disappointed in the ROMs that are out there now and general lack of development - I'd done some half ass'd research before picking it up, I was looking at it and the Amaze 4g, and thought it had some better support.

That being said, rooted, put Clockwork and flashed Juggernaught on it Friday night, it has been working flawlessly. I would highly recommend it.
[General Questions and Answers] Killbynature:
Juggernaunt added alot of cm features from touchwiz. I am using it myself. Since besides the cm alpha from slayher the rest of the roms are kang from juggernaunt. I think slayher had a post that cm9 is in development now.
[General Questions and Answers] ihellion:
I've heard the rumors of CM9, and the supposed facebook posts, but I haven't been able to find anything substantiating it. I hope so, I'd love to get some CM ICS love on.
[General Questions and Answers] Killbynature:
The only two post i can find is this one https://plus.google.com/u/0/109781780227026386444/posts/ADMfb7WbFe5

And https://twitter.com/#!/ciwrl/status/143466669103259649
[General Questions and Answers] ihellion:
More than I found, thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] The Nexus Project:
Galaxy S2 hands down, wins this
[General Questions and Answers] Mainspring:
seriously?

800x480 on a 4.5" screen is good for you?

to me a true SGS2 is the international version.

what the hell were executives at Tmous thinking?

atleast with the Senny you get a higher resolution screen and good build quality.

for crying out loud... :rolleyes:
[General Questions and Answers] chw2006:
I was very close to getting a Sensation...until I found out half the phones have dust issues due to a manufacturing defect.

Knowing that, I just had to go with an AMOLED screen (no dust issues). I didn't feel like spending $500 on a SSG2, so I just bought a Vibrant for $180 on eBay. I get to play with ICS and the phone's not too bad.

I also don't think I can go back to an LCD phone ever again. lol
[General Questions and Answers] Killbynature:
There is not a big difference in resolution from qhd to 800x480. I don't know why people act like your using vga resolution stretched out on a 60 inch screen. Also the htc has had ridiculous hardware failures. Like dust underneath the screen and two different manufacturers for screens. The power button has also been know to sink in. Just because it's made out of metal doesn't mean it's a better phone.

If you want more development go with the sensation if you want a big phone with less development go with Samsung galaxy s2.
[General Questions and Answers] Mainspring:
noticeable when reading ebooks or text in general.

also, edges are crisper on pics in general, less pixelation too.

I notice these things and it would drive me nuts. (one of the reasons why I opted for the Senny instead of the SGS2)

perhaps some people can't... way the human eye perceive things differ slightly I guess from person to person.

anyway, I've had zero issues with my phone. no dust under the screen, no issues with my power or volume button.

amount of defects are actually far less then it really is I would bet.

it's just people that have problems are vocal whereas people do not aren't.

from what I read, HTC has fixed all the issues. just the initial run had some I guess.

mine is from the first run. pre-ordered and received the day of release.
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
Uhh, yes there is. Completely different processor. You have a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon instead of the Exynos in the Sprint, AT&T, and International version. While it's no slouch, it doesn't even come close to the Exynos in terms of GPU capabilities. If you're gonna get the GSII, get a REAL GSII. No disrespect, it's a great phone and I'm sure has a great community, but again, completely different internals. It doesn't have the Mali 400 GPU.
[General Questions and Answers] theking_13:
He said they didn't notice any difference, he didn't say that there wasn't a difference. The 1.5 gHz Qualcomm vs. the 1.2 gHz Exynos was pretty close/the same in day to day usage, doesn't mean it will in benchmark tests.
[General Questions and Answers] minnime007:
also, super amoled plus is FAR FAR FAR supperior to htc lcd pannels
[General Questions and Answers] Mainspring:
in what way may I ask?
[General Questions and Answers] minnime007:
the contrast ratio is 3 times that of lcd, the blacks are actually BLACK not gray, and all the colors are amazingly more vibrant... ill give whites to lcd though (i've owned htc and samsung so i have experience). Oh and it uses less power
[General Questions and Answers] Mainspring:
colors might be more vibrant but it's unrealistic...

blacks don't look grey on my slcd... they are black...

if it uses less power then that's good. :)
[General Questions and Answers] minnime007:
Yeah ill admit that sometimes it looks richer than real life, which can be annoying while taking photos....

and whites look white on my super amoled... until you hold it up

to an lcd (same thing w/ blacks)
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
I thought the same way, but in Settings -> Display, there's an option to change if you want highly contrasted colors, default contrasted, or "Movie", which is lower and is much closer to SLCD colors.
[General Questions and Answers] Jimmy4485:
sansation

If you want my advice get the sensation. It's a great quality phone, fast and some of the features are awesome. I bought it in early August and I might say I had no problems with it. I'm waiting to see if ice cream sandwich becomes available. The only one that's available now through XDA developers is one that doesn't have the Sense. I'm waiting they may make a rom or stock with Sense. However, overall the phone is incredible. The only one better I might say might be the Amaze.
[General Questions and Answers] minnime007:
really? i didnt know that im curious to how to works. on the gsII theres no backlight, there all individual lights. so when its black, the pixel completely turn off... making it ACTUALLY black.. i wonder is the slcd can turn off segments of the backlight?
[General Questions and Answers] I Am Marino:
I'm thinking the Sensation, better dev community.

-Sent from my Droid 2-
[General Questions and Answers] xm11:
the samsung t mobil it same file like gt 9100 ?
[General Questions and Answers] :
The problem is. That once everyone runs ics. There be no difference at all that gpu power will essentially be wasted by the time we actually use all of its power the Samsung Galaxy S3 would of came. If a phone needed that much power surely the galaxy nexus would of had it.
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] starman7:
Hi

I Need Enter Button in Massaging App Android 4.0

Is there a way?
[Nexus S Themes and Apps] AtomicPC:
A massaging app would be nice.